Increase in percutaneous muscle biopsy yield with a suction-enhancement technique

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1739-1742

  Hennessey, James V ^b   Chromiak, Joseph A ^b   Dellaventura, Shirley ^b   Guertin, Jennifer ^b   Maclean, David B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bergstrom muscle biopsy needle; Tissue sample size; Utility of muscle biopsy procedure

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANNULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAMPLE; SWINE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0031011463     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1997.82.6.1739     Document Type: Article

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